Jo Katsiaris

Jo Katsiaris is a Sydney based artist and graduate of The National Art School. “WASTELANDS” is a body of artworks created solely from the discarded.

Katsiaris' materials are salvaged from the streets of Sydney and council cleanups. In doing this she is working in a long tradition of artists utilising found objects including Rosalie Gascoigne, Alberto Burri and Jannis Kounellis. However she is also stating 'rain' and 'rust' as a media along with paint, as natural weathering processes are integrally incorporated into the work. She cites Arte Povera, Post-Minimalism and Reductive Art as references though by incorporating traces of natural phenomena upon made materials she is also referencing Land and Environmental Art.

This methodology appears a fairly recent development, her work speaks not only of waste, recycling and finite resources, they also suggest a future state where resources are scarce.

Dungog Contemporary invite you to join us in the acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of this Country the gallery exists on. We pay our respects to the Gringai People of the Worimi and Wonnarua Nations, their Elders past, present and emerging.